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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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